C# Winform ToolTip Enable/Disable

Question

I am trying to give the user an option to disable and enable the tool tips. In my application, I created a menu strip with two options (EnableToolTip/DisableToolTip). Here my code to set the tool Tips (where ttObj is a global object):

private void loadToolTips()
{

    ttObj.AutoPopDelay = 5000;
    ttObj.InitialDelay = 1000;
    ttObj.ReshowDelay = 500;

    ttObj.SetToolTip(this.btnSetRolesType, "A");
    ttObj.SetToolTip(btnCreateUser, "B");
    ttObj.SetToolTip(btnModifyNum, "C");
    ttObj.SetToolTip(btnFindDups, "D");
    ttObj.ShowAlways = false;

}

And this is where I am trying to disable the tooltips

private void enableToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    enableToolStripMenuItem.Checked = true;
    disableToolStripMenuItem.Checked = false;
}

private void disableToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    disableToolStripMenuItem.Checked = true;
    enableToolStripMenuItem.Checked = false;
    ttObj.Hide(this); //this doesn't do anything

}

There isn't much on google or stackoverflow. Some help is much appreciated.

Well, the enable menuitem doesn't do much either. Just dispose the tooltip, create it when it is enabled. — Hans Passant
– Hans Passant, Commented Jul 25, 2014 at 17:42

Grant Winney · Accepted Answer · 2014-07-25 17:41:25Z

1

To enable/disable the tool tips, use the Active property. Set it False to disable and when you set it back to True, you'll have your tool tips again without having to re-add them.

private void enableToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    enableToolStripMenuItem.Checked = true;
    disableToolStripMenuItem.Checked = false;

    ttObj.Active = true;
}

private void disableToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    disableToolStripMenuItem.Checked = true;
    enableToolStripMenuItem.Checked = false;

    ttObj.Active = false;
}

Alternatively, to just wipe them out, use RemoveAll(). You'll have to re-run loadToolTips() to add them back.

private void disableToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    disableToolStripMenuItem.Checked = true;
    enableToolStripMenuItem.Checked = false;

    ttObj.RemoveAll();   
}

edited Jul 25, 2014 at 17:41

answered Jul 25, 2014 at 17:33

Grant Winney

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Peter Sun Over a year ago

I guess when I enable them i have rebuild by running the rebuildtoolTip method?

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